Skiing the Tasman Glacier provides epic vistas of NZ’s highest mountains. Photo: Joe Harrison

Mind the gap

June 2021

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Shrouded crevasses on a ski touring trip on the Tasman Glacier prompts Hazel Phillips to dig into the archives of hidden, icy secrets.

In 1894, a Kiwi trio got wind of plans by American Edward FitzGerald to be the first to summit Aoraki/Mt Cook. Guy Mannering and Marmaduke Dixon had climbed to within 60m of the summit in 1890, and local climbers felt it should be New Zealanders who climbed the peak first. So three locals got an […]
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Hazel Phillips

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Hazel Phillips

Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts. A firm believer that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, she’s passionate about representation in the outdoors. She is a self-confessed Ruapehu addict, and she’s never met a topo map she didn’t get along with.

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